Retailers are gearing up for one of the busiest shopping days of the year—Black Friday. Even with the Internet and consumers shopping earlier, it’s still an important day for retailers so how are companies expected to perform throughout the holiday season? Randy Konik, specialty retail analyst at Jefferies shared his view.

A week's worth of economic reports has been crunched into just three days this week, and Wednesday has its share of significant data, which include jobless claims, durable goods and consumer sentiment.

Meredith Whitney is making headlines: She has not been this bearish in a year! Whitney was the first to call the bubble in financial stocks. And then she predicted the stock market rally. But now Whitney is starting to turn negative again.